Jelena earned Master of Science in Energy and Resources, and Master of Public Policy degrees from University of California, Berkeley. In addition to being specialized in Management of Technology and Engineering and Business for Sustainability, she is fluent in four languages.
Manuel Moeller Manuel Moeller is an emissions markets expert in the Strategy & Market Design department of the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX), based in Germany. Mr Moeller is responsible for market development and strategic initiatives in EEX’s emissions market, including EEX’s offerings for emissions auctions and international carbon markets. Prior to joining EEX in 2010, he held positions as policy officer in the International Climate Policy Division of the Germany Federal Ministry for the Environment, based in Berlin, and in the Climate Protection & Energy Strategy Division at the Ministry for Economic Affairs for the German state of North Rhine Westphalia, based in Düsseldorf. Mr Moeller holds a diploma degree in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin.
Xueman Wang Xueman Wang is the team leader for the World Bank’s Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) – a global program that brings together major economies and key market players to design and pilot market-based approaches, carbon taxes, and other cost-effective instruments to achieve climate change mitigation objectives. Xueman, a Chinese national, was one of the lead authors for the World Bank flagship report 2010 World Development Report –“Development and Climate Change.” Her areas of expertise include climate policies, carbon market and finance. She works closely with many emerging economies to help them develop their domestic carbon markets. She has extensive knowledge and deep understanding of China's climate polices and development of domestic carbon market. Prior to joining the World Bank, she was with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada, working on the Biosafety Protocol, and trade and environment. Before that, she worked at the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn, Germany, where she was responsible for climate negotiations and the compliance regime. Prior to the UN, she worked at the Treaty and Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, as one of key negotiators for the Climate Change Convention and other environmental agreements.
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